Jacksonville Electric Co. v. Bowden
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by the court En Banc. Writ of Error to the Circuit Court for Duval County. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, J.
— Wallace G. Bowden,- as administrator of the estate of Reuben Bowden, deceased, brought an action against the Jacksonville Electric Company in the circuit court of Duval county, to recover damages for the alleged wrongful killing of plaintiff’s intestate by the negligent operation of -the defendant’s electric street cars. The declaration -contained five counts alleging different phases of. negligence, each count alleging that the deceased left surviving him neither widow, nor minor child, nor any one dependent on him for a support.
*463The defndant pleaded the general issue, and that the death of…
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